Indiana lawmakers advance literacy bill that may hold back thousands of 3rd graders

Indiana lawmakers on Tuesday advanced a bill that would hold back students who fail the state's crucial reading test, currently administered in the third grade.The bill would also knock the test's first administration back a year, with second graders who pass not being required to take it again.About 7,000 more students would be barred from

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